Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

We've made some great strides in understanding the human genome, but before we can tackle genetic engineering, we have some ...

Gene-edited crops are no safer than GMOs, and fast-tracking regulatory approval could trigger a costly backlash.

The EU has agreed allow certain foods altered using genetic engineering techniques to be sold without special labeling under ...

Technologies needed for tracing engineered biothreats back to their sources are advancing rapidly. Here are some ...

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Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics -meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

Spaceflight, genetic tinkering, and the psychological implications of technological acceleration are explored with accuracy ...

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

This radical new method could preserve our entire knowledge base for thousands of years, in a storage medium the size of a coffee cup.

After releasing two gene-edited rice varieties in May this year, scientists are now focusing on developing GE varieties of ...